# Prof. Michael Posner on John Napier Tye and the scope of US surveillance

1 Faculty News July 23, 2014 ![Guardian logo ](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030939.jpg?itok=g7FgVwid)>

Excerpt from [The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/23/nsa-surveillance-reform-reagan-order) -- "[\[Michael\] Posner](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/michael-posner), now a professor at New York University, called Tye 'conscientious, diligent and honest. A very dedicated public servant'. Posner declined to give his own perspective on 12333 or Tye's op-ed, but commented: 'I am broadly concerned that there needs to be a broader public debate about the scope of US surveillance, the consequences for privacy, and the way information is both collected and used.'"

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